María Teresa Kumar

MSNBC columnist

María Teresa Kumar is an MSNBC columnist, contributor and the president and CEO of Voto Latino, a digital-first organization dedicated to educating, engaging and empowering the Latinx community to register to vote and make its voice heard at the polls. 


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María Teresa Kumar

12mos ago
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The devastating reality of Trump’s mass deportation plan is settling in

Under Trump, millions of undocumented people and those who love them could suffer as others make money off the sweat and labor of broken families.

1year ago
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Democrats have policies that can help Latinos. But they failed to message that.

In the aftermath of Trump’s win, Democrats must take stock and ask themselves: What didn’t we do? What did we miss?  

5years ago
Opinion

The Covid misinformation pandemic is in your inbox, too

Nearly a quarter of U.S. Latinos surveyed said they won’t get the Covid vaccine because of disinformation specifically targeting their communities.

5years ago
Opinion

How Trump did what Democrats couldn’t

Let’s make sure the circus of 2020 never finds another three-ring tent again.

5years ago
Opinion

Padilla’s California nomination helps heal America’s historical omission of the Latino experience

The Latinx community has born the brunt of loss, deaths and omission. Padilla’s nomination brings the possibility of a new day.

5years ago
Opinion

Trump’s DHS symbolized cruelty. But there’s no easy fix for Alejandro Mayorkas.

Trump unleashed the kraken of impunity on what was already an agency difficult to rule and rife with dysfunction.

5years ago
Opinion

Latinos fled corruption at home to come to the U.S. Trump seems to think we forgot that.

As Latinos with roots in Latin America, it’s time we level with each other about the reason we actually fled our failed states.